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ST. MARGARETS 5.5” BATTERY ( Z ROCKET )
At St Margaret's Bay there is the underground deep shelter for St Margarets 5.5" Battery. This site was the first one to use the unrotated projectile known as the Z - Rocket which was a anti - aircraft (AA) weapon. It was officially known as a UP or unrotated projectile. It was not particularly accurate, but the thinking was that if fired in large enough amounts an enemy plane just might get hit! Two warnings here - be careful when entering the deep shelter and second warning its full of pigeons.
Location: Dover
Condition: Very Poor
Visit: 13/07/02
Plan: No
Video: No
Report: No
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Location.
ST. MARGARETS 5.5” BATTERY ( Z ROCKET )
Access is via a unlined tunnel.
Inside the main tunnel, looking towards the warden post.
Inside the main shelter.
One of the passageways that join up the main tunnels.
One of the main corridors showing the remaining plywood and corrugated iron.
More views inside the complex.
More views inside the complex.
More views inside the complex.
